Perinatal Transmission
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Vertical transmission
Vertical transmission, also known as Mother-to-child transmission refers to transmission of an
infection
, such as
HIV
,
hepatitis B
, or
hepatitis C
, from mother to child during the
perinatal
period, the period immediately before and after birth.Vertical transmission tends to evolve benign
symbiosis
. It is therefore a critical concept for
evolutionary medicine
.
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